Faculty & Research

Professor of economics Ludwig Straub has won the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal for his wide-ranging contributions to economic thought and knowledge, including the creation of macroeconomic models that better reflect how people at different levels of wealth and income respond to monetary and fiscal policy.

Research led by Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology Christopher Kuzawa shows that the brain’s energy needs peak at age five. Now he’s studying the implications for nutrition, society, and public health.

Julia Minson AB ’99, a behavioral scientist and professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, shares practical strategies for engaging with people we disagree with.

Harvard researchers uncovered how a toxin produced by common gut bacteria damages DNA and may drive mutations linked to colorectal cancer, offering a potential new target for prevention.

Harvard mathematician Lauren Williams AB ’00 has been named a 2025 MacArthur “genius grant” recipient — honored for groundbreaking work in algebraic combinatorics with unexpected connections to phenomena like traffic flow and tsunamis.

Within every cell, the genes that define us hold the keys to understanding health and human potential. Harvard scientists are uncovering how these tiny sequences shape who we are—and how they can transform the future of medicine.

After their daughter was diagnosed with alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), a rare and life-threatening neurological disorder, the Frost family partnered with Harvard scientists to advance groundbreaking gene-editing research that offers new hope for those affected by AHC and other rare diseases.

Harvard Medical School professor Jessica Whited is studying the ability of axolotls to regrow limbs with the ultimate goal of discovering how to stimulate limb regeneration in human patients.

Recent federal funding cuts are hitting climate research hard. The losses will hamper progress, Harvard environmental scientists say, but they won’t stop it.

A new collaboration between Harvard and Berkeley, the Green Industrial Strategy Project is exploring how governments and companies can develop strategies that enhance economic competitiveness and facilitate global decarbonization in a world of intensifying geo-economic competition.